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A Study Into Financial Globalization, Economic Growth and (In)EqualityAuthor: FikretausevicPublisher: Palgrave MacMillanPublication Date: Mar 30, 2017Number of Pages: 179 pagesBinding: Hardback or...

China's urbanization has stunned the world in the past two decades- but as the authors of this book explain, the growth is only set to continue. The divide between urban and rural citizens in China...

This book explores Chinese investments in, and cooperation with Pakistan under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Analyzing the BRI's Pakistan limb, the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), the...

This book considers the pedagogy of the theatre laboratory, focusing on seminal theatre group Odin Teatret. It provides a detailed discussion of the historical background to theatre laboratories,...

This open access book explores the environmental, social, and financial challenges of housing provision, and the urgent need for a sustainable housing transition. The authors explore how market...

This book investigates how the encounter between the U.S. filibuster expedition in 1855-1857 and Nicaraguans was imagined in both countries. The author examines transnational media and gives special...

First transnational history of the modern Australian animal movement between 1970 and 2015Explores the international role and influence of Australian activists, and makes comparisons with protest...

Despite prolific feminist voices in Christian ethics, transnational perspectives are still underdeveloped. Similarly, 'secular' transnational feminist scholarship often overlooks religious faith,...

This book investigates dispositions in grammatical-normative terms through a contrast between a naturalized paradigm and a Wittgenstein-inspired perspective. The book presents a conceptual analysis...

This book explores the creation and destruction of Abel Gance's most ambitious film project, and seeks to explain why his meteoric career was so nearly extinguished at the end of silent cinema. By...

This book details how British Catholic communities view abortion, highlighting the diversity of positions which often contrast with the official line of Catholic Church doctrine. The authors?...

This book provides a comprehensive study of abortion politics and policy in Northern Ireland. Whilst there is a substantial amount of literature on abortion in Ireland and the rest of the United...

Abraham Lincoln and William Cullen Bryant: Their Civil WarAuthor: Gilbert H. MullerPublisher: Palgrave MacMillanPublication Date: Jan 30, 2017Number of Pages: 255 pagesBinding: Hardback or Cased...

This book addresses national development and academic citizenship in higher education in Africa. For some, the concept of academic citizenship refers to the legitimate practice of academics working...

This book empirically examines academic conferences in the social sciences, and explores the purpose and value of people interested in the social sciences attending and presenting at national and...

This volume examines major issues facing successful women in academic science. In doing so, Sue Rosser outlines the persisting and shifting perspectives of women who have achieved seniority and...

Access to Bank Credit and SME FinancingAuthor: Stefania RossiPublisher: Palgrave MacMillanPublication Date: Dec 15, 2016Number of Pages: 332 pagesBinding: Hardback or Cased BookISBN-10:...

This book analyzes the whole path to justice: from the decision to enter the path to justice until justice is achieved and applies a mixed-methods approach using quantitative and qualitative data. It...

This book examines qualitatively and quantitatively the exploitation of African through colonialism and imperialism. The contribution included build on previous qualitative analyses of the effects of...

Accounting, Capitalism and the Revealed Religions: A Study of Christianity, Judaism and IslamAuthor: Vassili Joannid?s de LautourPublisher: Palgrave MacMillanPublication Date: Nov 14, 2016Number of...

Across the world, higher education is witnessing exponential growth in both student participation and types of educational providers. One key phenomenon of this growth is an increase in student...

- Provides a list of key quality concepts that can be applied to relevant theoretical frameworks - Emphasises understanding of business excellence models in both global and local contexts - Provides...

This book tackles poverty and policy issues in the UK by discussing successful projects and practices, across lots of short chapters. The first section provides a brief history overview of poverty in...

This book focuses on the significantly under-explored relationship between televisual culture and adaptation studies in what is now commonly regarded as the 'Golden Age' of contemporary TV drama. ...

This collection examines the relationship between illustration and adaptation from an intermedial and transcultural perspective. It aims to foster a dialogue between two fields that co-exist without...

This edited collection provides a comprehensive exploration of key trends and methodologies in adaptation within the Turkish context, examining how socio-political and economic conditions shape the...

This book gathers together essays written by leading scholars of adaptation studies to explore the full range of practices and issues currently of concern in the field. The chapters demonstrate how...

This book explores the intersection between adaptation studies and what James F. English has called the "economy of prestige," which includes formal prize culture as well as less tangible expressions...

Adapting Television and Literature is an incisive collection of essays that explores the growing sub-category of television adaptations of literature and poetics. Each chapter questions inflexible...

This book examines the evolving dynamics between banks and firms within the context of alternative finance and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) integration. The book contributes to...